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Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown
Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown
ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan National Guard soldier under the regime of Anastasio So
U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France…
A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France…
U.S. president Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".
Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.
The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
In accord with the Egypt–Israel peace treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
In accord with the Egypt–Israel peace treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake the Bala Hissar uprising against the Leninist government.
The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed at the Warrenpoint ambush by the Provisional Irish Republican Army…
The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed at the Warrenpoint ambush by the Provisional Irish Republican Army…
Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan
The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Dao
The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Dao
The President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels
The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Co